. Homes without hands : being a description of the habitations of animals, classed according to their principle of construction . Animals. THE WASP. 161 below the first, the distance between them being just sufficiently large to permit the Wasps to cross each other. In this, as in the former terrace, all the mouths of the cell are downward and their bases upward, so that the bases of the second terrace form a floor on which the Wasps can walk while feeding the young contained in the first. A third, fourth, and fifth terrace are added in this manner, all alike, the cells being so small that the
. Homes without hands : being a description of the habitations of animals, classed according to their principle of construction . Animals. THE WASP. 161 below the first, the distance between them being just sufficiently large to permit the Wasps to cross each other. In this, as in the former terrace, all the mouths of the cell are downward and their bases upward, so that the bases of the second terrace form a floor on which the Wasps can walk while feeding the young contained in the first. A third, fourth, and fifth terrace are added in this manner, all alike, the cells being so small that the mother Wasp can not even put her head into Wasp NeBt, It will be seen, therefore, that, as insects never grow after they have assumed the perfect form, the Wasps which have been bred in these cells must be very much smaller than their parent. They are, in fact, the worker wasps, or neuters, as they are sometimes called, whose entire life is devoted to labor, and who, in fact, are undeveloped females. L. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889; Keyl, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1823-1871; Smith, E. A. (Edward Alfred); Pearson, G. (George). New York : Harper & Brothers
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